The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-27
BILL NYE
49, Re Searched for Barber.
els Uuliam's Bravery

ttiN william bIHN''N
AsHEvILLR. y. c., Feb. /.
,s.. ramc here | began 70 cast about
NiD ~,,i. Aueu; barber, with whom l
9, 81 p. during the winter one who
ashamed to he seen converSing
~, AMI. still withal' man VINO could
- - '.'-s ..ean shave without pam
iina,. ..s hands Of a tail, brunette or
j lio' ". e wears Of age, named Plum
Pbsn ''.- ..ruccd Levi Everybody said
Le'i-t ea, a good haircutter, and, very
Af .,,5 shaver, too II was even re-
hrl.' .. p. c.,o.e came here frequently from
-. 70 get their hair trimmed.
Nee 81. time visited the shop Plum
I- ,,nsrSonally took the chair of
VS. ..,. II was very diSagreeable
a. .,.. c7kcd places in IT, IL was up
clA r,b body BRUSSELS, and the seat
49,. I'm 10. re room is heated by
p. $50 A fireplace, and the water for shay
-.i.'.ina saucepan on the Goals. Inc
ls '..-, ra, perfect gentleman, though
- everything De could IN a social way to
gum. f,-,.- my troubles. For half an
l-ln' .,.. simply dazzled me with his con-
gu .,.. movers. and threw every milu-
.t..rt me % make me contented. He
-. 81, much about the country and Its
.-r-,.. that when he got through with me
-. ~. hand with wet eyes. This may
49,, N be a physical imposNioihty, but
~ ..,.,, time after that decided not to
..,, more, Ny beard is ginger colored
I'm . dash of red in il; but others have
-.r tssHuenre and won a deathleSs name
..rs +t., kind Of beard so ! thought J
.,lr.+i- crow and thus be able 20 horrify
rtrar into a more thorough state OF
-.,e -hqu I am now able to maintain.
island then I would 90 into the shop, how
i,.u., that Plum might be there, and
.- .bat case ] would have one more Old
i....,ral shave before l abandoned myself
- tsvid and woolly depths of a tough,
"a hoard. but Mr.. Levy was engaged in
t.ri.,y q wing on his house and so | would
-t,ls a little smoke from the fireplace and
--ouav Later on / decided that would
Eve tbe other assistant q hack at my beard.
Fs looked Ike a likely young man whose
-,-r.t. were dependent on him, so one day
stupinto his chair
hi. chair was not so hard to sit in as the
f-- one. but it had a very fevcrish breath
,-f+tebead rest occasionally slipped a cog
,-5hDabout four inches, like the cellar door
tsrltet. stood this until / got shaved
t.rrt a line even with the angle of the Jaw,
rfanI said l did not care about having
~..-,at whi,kers shaved off paid my
,-.n. and went away with a red tippet
d-rgar co.1ryd plush around the suburbs of
rrr., ike middle aged Mormon on his
r.rutse endowment house.
h-ua weeksa man who claimed TO be
FRANKLY tony interests came to me and in
tara voice informed me that Plum Levy
vsa- work i'm the shop.
Invent there 40 a rapid rate. In the corner
nar,te chair. with a blue fly net on it, stood
ann gentleman of African descent. He
Ildr.gaAutly on me through a pair of
iron bound spectacles aud told me in haugh
ymma 10 bee seated. sprang gayly into
hsrdo .i chair. knocking out the dust and
hr0f forgotten generations. and Plum Levy
IAN DIS skinny black fingers over the desolate
s.e eSuv once hair 10 did not take him
g ,e0eale that DO was doubtless a shave
ttI desired like 10 meet a man, be he
white OF black, who can jump at a conclusion
Oh. way with the utmost agility and always
Mrnsht